10-letter words containing a, g, e, n, d
- brigandine — a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather
- burgenland — a state of E Austria. Capital: Eisenstadt. Pop: 276 419 (2003 est). Area: 3965 sq km (1531 sq miles)
- campaigned — Simple past tense and past participle of campaign.
- casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
- centigrade — Centigrade is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C.
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- challenged — If you say that someone is challenged in a particular way, you mean that they have a disability in that area. Challenged is often combined with inappropriate words for humorous effect.
- chargehand — a workman whose grade of responsibility is just below that of a foreman
- cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
- chinandega — a city in W Nicaragua.
- chinwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag.
- cingulated — Having a cingulum.
- clog dance — a dance in which clogs are worn to beat out the rhythm
- conjugated — (of a molecule, compound, or substance) containing two or more double bonds alternating with single bonds
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- cynghanedd — a complex system of rhyme and alliteration used in Welsh verse
- daguerrean — relating to Daguerre or the daguerreotype
- danger man — a person, esp a member of a sports team, who is likely to inflict damage on opponents
- dangerless — Without danger.
- daringness — The state or quality of being daring.
- darjeeling — a town in NE India, in West Bengal in the Himalayas, at an altitude of about 2250 m (7500 ft). Pop: 107 530 (2001)
- date-night — an evening social date on which a married or long-term couple go out together: I enjoy a once-a-week date night with my husband.
- deadlining — Present participle of deadline.
- dealmaking — The making of commercial, financial or political deals.
- debasingly — In a debasing manner.
- debatingly — in an argumentative manner
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- decadelong — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decagynian — having ten pistils or female organs of reproduction and belonging to the order Decagynia
- decimating — Present participle of decimate.
- declaiming — Present participle of declaim.
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- decreasing — becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
- dedicating — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- defaulting — guilty of a failure to act, esp a failure to meet a financial obligation
- defecating — Present participle of defecate.
- defilading — Present participle of defilade.
- defragging — Present participle of defrag.
- defragment — to reorganize files on (a disk) so that the parts of each file are stored in contiguous sectors on the disk, thereby improving computer performance and maximizing disk space.
- defrauding — Present participle of defraud.
- degaussing — Present participle of degauss.
- degeneracy — If you refer to the behaviour of a group of people as degeneracy, you mean that you think it is shocking, immoral, or disgusting.
- degenerate — If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
- delayering — Delayering is the process of simplifying the administrative structure of a large organization in order to make it more efficient.
- delegating — Present participle of delegate.
- delegation — A delegation is a group of people who have been sent somewhere to have talks with other people on behalf of a larger group of people.
- deligating — Present participle of deligate.
- deligation — the act of binding, especially with a ligature
- delta wing — a triangular sweptback aircraft wing